List of identified hot spots

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The following table gives an alphabetical overview of 45 volcanic areas worldwide that have been classified as hot spots based on at least two of four typical characteristics . Positions 1–44 of the list follow the list by Bernhard Steinberger (see literature). For further items, see individual certificates. Other authors name different, sometimes significantly higher numbers of hotspot volcanoes.

Tabular representation

Identified hot spots worldwide

No.	Location	Age in Ma A	Coordinates	Features M
1	Azores	100 A2	38 ° 30 ′  N , 028 ° 24 ′  W.	a, b
2	Balleny	36 A2	66 ° 48 ′  S , 163 ° 18 ′  E	a, b
3	Bowie	30 A3	53 ° 00 ′  N , 135 ° 00 ′  W	a, b, c
4th	Caroline	80 A3	05 ° 00 ′  N , 164 ° 00 ′  E	b, c
5	Cobb	43 A3	46 ° 00 ′  N , 130 ° 00 ′  W	a, b, c
6th	Darfur	140 A2	13 ° 00 ′  N , 024 ° 00 ′  E	a, b, c
7th	Easter	100 A3	27 ° 06 ′  S , 109 ° 18 ′  W	a, b, c
8th	Eifel	40 A2	50 ° 00 '  N , 007 ° 00'  E	a, c
9	Fernando	201 A1	04 ° 00 ′  S , 032 ° 00 ′  W	b, c
10	Galapagos	85 A1	00 ° 24 ′  S , 091 ° 30 ′  W	a, b, d
11	Guadalupe	25 A3	27 ° 00 ′  N , 113 ° 00 ′  W	b, c
12	Hawaii	100 A3	19 °  24'N , 155 °  18'W	a, b, c
13	Hoggar	20 A2	23 ° 00 ′  N , 006 ° 00 ′  E	a, b
14th	Iceland	60 A1	65 ° 00 ′  N , 019 ° 00 ′  W	a, b, d
15th	Jan Mayen	210 A1	71 ° 06 ′  N , 008 ° 12 ′  W.	a, b, d
16	Juan Fernandez	30 A3	34 ° 00 ′  S , 082 ° 00 ′  W	b, c
17th	Cameroon	31 A2	04 ° 12 '  N , 009 ° 12'  E	a, b
18th	Canaries	65 A2	28 ° 00 ′  N , 018 ° 00 ′  W	a, b
19th	Cape Verde	20 A2	15 ° 00 ′  N , 024 ° 00 ′  W	a, b
20th	Kerguelen	117 A1	49 ° 00 ′  S , 069 ° 00 ′  E	b, c, d
21st	Comoros	63 A2	11 ° 48 ′  S , 043 ° 18 ′  E	a, b
22nd	Lord Howe	50 A3	33 ° 00 ′  S , 159 ° 00 ′  E	b, c
23	Louisville	120 A1	51 ° 00 ′  S , 138 ° 00 ′  W	b, c, d
24	Macdonald	120 A3	29 ° 00 ′  S , 140 ° 12 ′  W.	a, b, c
25th	Marion	195 A1	46 ° 54 '  S , 037 ° 48'  E	a, b, c, d
26th	Marquesas	9 A2	11 ° 00 ′  S , 138 ° 00 ′  W	b, c
27	meteor	120 A2	52 ° 00 ′  S , 001 ° 00 ′  E	a, b, c
28	New England	120 A2	28 ° 00 ′  N , 032 ° 00 ′  W.	b, c
29	East Africa	40 A1	06 ° 00 ′  N , 034 ° 00 ′  E	a, d
30th	Eastern Australia	50 A3	38 ° 00 ′  S , 143 ° 00 ′  E	a, c
31	Pitcairn	8 A2	25 ° 00 ′  S , 129 ° 00 ′  W	a, b, c
32	Raton	20 A2	37 ° 00 ′  N , 104 ° 00 ′  W	a, c
33	Reunion	67 A1	21 ° 12 ′  S , 055 ° 42 ′  E	a, b, c, d
34	St. Helena	100 A2	17 ° 00 ′  S , 010 ° 00 ′  W	b, c
35	Samoa	14 A2	15 ° 00 ′  S , 168 ° 00 ′  W	a, b
36	San Félix	30 A3	26 ° 00 ′  S , 080 ° 00 ′  W	b, c
37	Socorro	25 A3	18 ° 42 ′  N , 111 ° 00 ′  W.	a, b
38	Tahiti	5 A2	17 ° 54 ′  S , 148 ° 06 ′  W	a, b, c
39	Tasmania	50 A3	39 ° 00 '  S , 156 ° 00'  E	b, c
40	Tibesti	80 A3	21 ° 00 ′  N , 017 ° 00 ′  E	b, c
41	Trindade	65 A3	20 ° 30 ′  S , 028 ° 48 ′  W.	a, b, c
42	Tristan da Cunha	125 A1	38 ° 00 ′  S , 011 ° 00 ′  W	a, b, c, d
43	Vema	11 A2	31 ° 38 ′  S , 008 ° 20 ′  E	b, c
44	Yellowstone	15 A1	44 ° 36 '  N , 110 ° 30'  W	a, c, d
45	Anahim		52 ° 54 '  N , 123 ° 42'  W.

^A. Age (in million years)

^A1 Age of the assigned flood basalt province

^A2 Measurement or estimation of the highest age of the associated island chain

^A3Simple estimate in the case of a partially subducted island chain

^M.The characteristics used to identify the hotspot are:
• a: Volcanism still active today
• b: Significant topographical elevation (threshold)
• c: Associated volcanic chain
• d: Associated flood basalt province

Map display

Distribution of hot spots. The numbers on the map correspond to the hot spot numbers in the table:

See also

• Hot spot (geology)
• volcano
• Plume (geology)

literature

• B. Steinberger: Plumes in a convecting mantle: Models and observations for individual hotspots. In: Journal of Geophysical Research. 105. 2000, No. B5, pp. 11127-11152.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Nazko in the Global Volcanism Program of the Smithsonian Institution (English)